Mandevilla plant named ‘LVDIP1816’

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant named ‘LVDIP1816’, characterized by its upright to outwardly spreading and semi-trailing plant habit; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit; early and freely flowering habit; single bright red-colored flowers; and good container performance.

Botanical designation: Mandevilla hybrida.

Cultivar denomination: ‘LVDIP1816’.

STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR DISCLOSURES BY INVENTOR/APPLICANT

An European Plant Breeder's Rights application for the instant plant was filed by the Inventor/Applicant on Jun. 7, 2021, application number 2021/1469. Foreign priority is not claimed to this application.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Mandevilla plant, botanically known as Mandevilla hybrida and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘LVDIP1816’.

The new Mandevilla plant is a product of a planned breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Vacaria, Brazil. The objective of the breeding program is to develop new strong and freely flowering Mandevilla plants with attractive flowers and good garden performance.

The new Mandevilla plant originated from a cross-pollination in 2017 in Vacaria, Brazil of Mandevilla hybrida ‘Fisrix Hopink’ (trade name, Rio Hot Pink), disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,672, as the female, or seed, parent with Mandevilla hybrida ‘Sunmandecrim’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,539, as the male, or pollen, parent. The new Mandevilla plant was discovered and selected by the Inventor as a single flowering plant from within the progeny of the stated cross-pollination grown in a controlled greenhouse environment in Vacaria, Brazil in November, 2018.

Asexual reproduction of the new Mandevilla plant by terminal stein cuttings in a controlled environment in Vacaria, Brazil since January, 2019 has shown that the unique features of this new Mandevilla plant are stable and reproduced true to type in successive generations.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Plants of the new Mandevilla have not been observed under all possible combinations of environmental conditions and cultural practices. The phenotype may vary somewhat with variations in environmental conditions such as temperature and light intensity without, however, any variance in genotype.

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be the unique characteristics of ‘LVDIP1816’. These characteristics in combination distinguish ‘LVDIP1816’ as a new and distinct Mandevilla plant:

-   -   1. Upright to outwardly spreading and semi-trailing plant habit.     -   2. Moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit.     -   3. Early and freely flowering habit.     -   4. Single bright red-colored flowers that resist fading.     -   5. Good container performance.

Plants of the new Mandevilla can be compared to plants of the female parent, ‘Fisrix Hopink’. Plants of the new Mandevilla differ primarily from plants of ‘Fisrix Hopink’ in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Mandevilla have larger flowers than plants         of ‘Fisrix Hopink’.     -   2. Plants of the new Mandevilla have bright red-colored flowers         whereas plants of ‘Fisrix Hopink’ have rose red to cherry         red-colored flowers.

Plants of the new Mandevilla can be compared to plants of the male parent, ‘Sunmandecrim’. Plants of the new Mandevilla differ primarily from plants of ‘Sunmandecrim’ in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Mandevilla are more upright than plants of         ‘Sunmandecrim’.     -   2. Plants of the new Mandevilla have lighter-colored flower         throats than plants of ‘Sunmandecrim’.     -   3. Flowers of plants of the new Mandevilla resist fading with         development whereas flowers of plants of ‘Sunmandecrim’ fade         with development.

Plants of the new Mandevilla can also be compared to plants of Mandevilla sanderi ‘Fisrix Dered’, disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,714. In side-by-side comparisons, plants of the new Mandevilla differ primarily from plants ‘Fisrix Dered’ in the following characteristics:

-   -   1. Plants of the new Mandevilla are more vigorous than plants of         ‘Fisrix Dered’.     -   2. Plants of the new Mandevilla have larger leaves than plants         of ‘Fisrix Dered’.     -   3. Plants of the new Mandevilla have bright red-colored flowers         whereas plants of ‘Fisrix Dered’ have more scarlet-colored         flowers.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

The accompanying colored photographs illustrate the overall appearance of the new Mandevilla plant showing the colors as true as it is reasonably possible to obtain in colored reproductions of this type. Colors in the photographs may differ slightly from the color values cited in the detailed botanical description which accurately describe the actual colors of the new Mandevilla plant.

The photograph on the first sheet (FIG. 1) is a side perspective view of a typical flowering plant of ‘LVDIP1816’ grown in a container.

The photograph on the second sheet (FIG. 2) is a close-up view of a typical flower of ‘LVDIP1816’.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The aforementioned photographs and following observations, measurements and values describe plants grown during the summer in 10.5-cm containers in a polyethylene-covered greenhouse in Merano, Italy and under cultural practices typical of commercial Mandevilla production. During the production of the plants, day temperatures ranged from 20° C. to 28° C. and night temperatures ranged from 10° C. to 18° C. Plants were 20 weeks old when the photographs and description were taken. In the following description, color references are made to The Royal Horticultural Society Colour Chart, 2015 Edition, except where general terms of ordinary dictionary significance are used.

-   Botanical classification: Mandevilla hybrida ‘LVDIP1816’. -   Parentage:     -   -   Female, or seed, parent.—Mandevilla hybrida ‘Fisrix Hopink’,             disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 20,672.         -   Male, or pollen, parent.—Mandevilla hybrida ‘Sunmandecrim’,             disclosed in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,539. -   Propagation:     -   -   Type.—By vegetative cuttings.         -   Time to initiate roots, summer.—About three weeks at             temperatures about 25° C.         -   Time to initiate roots, winter.—About four weeks at             temperatures about 14° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, summer.—About five             weeks at temperatures about 25° C.         -   Time to produce a rooted young plant, winter.—About six             weeks at temperature about 14° C.         -   Root description.—Thin, fibrous; typically creamy white in             color, actual color of the roots is dependent on substrate             composition, water quality, fertilizers, substrate             temperature and physiological age of roots.         -   Rooting habit.—Freely branching; medium density. -   Plant description:     -   -   Plant and growth habit.—Upright to outwardly spreading and             semi-trailing plant habit; roughly broadly obovate in             overall shape; moderately vigorous to vigorous growth habit             and moderate growth rate.         -   Plant height, soil level to top of foliar plane.—About 28.5             cm.         -   Plant height, soil level to top of floral plane.—About 29.1             cm.         -   Plant diameter (spread).—About 32.4 cm.         -   Lateral branch description.—Branching habit: Freely             branching habit, typically about three primary lateral             branches each with about two secondary lateral branches.             Length: About 16.8 cm. Diameter: About 2.25 mm. Internode             length: About 2.5 cm. Aspect: Primary lateral branches,             mostly upright; secondary lateral branches, about 15° to 60°             from primary branch axis. Strength: Strong. Texture and             luster: Smooth, glabrous; slightly glossy; becoming woody             with development. Color, developing: Close to 143B. Color,             developed: Close to a blend of 143B and 143C; when woody,             close to N199B and 200D. -   Leaf description:     -   -   Arrangement.—Opposite or in whorls of three, simple.         -   Length.—About 6 cm.         -   Width.—About 4 cm.         -   Shape.—Broadly ovate to broadly obovate.         -   Apex.—Apiculate to abruptly acute.         -   Base.—Truncate to rounded.         -   Margin.—Entire.         -   Texture and luster, upper and lower surfaces.—Smooth,             glabrous; moderately coriaceous; moderately glossy.         -   Venation pattern.—Pinnate.         -   Color.—Developing leaves, upper surface: Close to 143A to             143B. Developing leaves, lower surface: Close to 147B tinged             with close to 197A. Full expanded leaves, upper surface:             Slightly darker than a blend of NN137A and 147A; venation,             close to 144A. Fully expanded leaves, lower surface: Close             to 146B; venation, close to 145A.         -   Petioles.—Length: About 1 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm by 2 mm.             Strength: Moderately strong. Texture and luster, upper and             lower surfaces: Smooth, glabrous; slightly glossy. Color,             upper surface: Close to 144A. Color, lower surface: Close to             144B. -   Flower description:     -   -   Flower type and flowering habit.—Single salverform flowers             arranged in terminal and axillary cymes; flowers face             outwardly to slightly upright and slightly nodding; freely             flowering habit with about six flowers per inflorescence and             about 60 flower buds and open flowers developing per plant             during the flowering season.         -   Natural flowering season.—Plants flower continuously from             spring into the autumn in Italy; plants begin flowering             about 45 days after planting rooted young plants.         -   Flower longevity on the plant.—Individual flowers last about             ten days; flowers not persistent.         -   Fragrance.—None detected.         -   Inflorescence height.—About 13 cm.         -   Inflorescence diameter.—About 11.1 cm.         -   Flower buds.—Length: About 5.7 cm. Diameter: About 1 cm.             Shape: Narrowly oblanceolate. Texture and luster: Smooth,             glabrous; slightly glossy. Color: Distally, slightly darker             than 46A; proximally, close to 145B and tube, close to 144B.         -   Flowers.—Appearance: Flared trumpet, corolla fused and             five-parted. Diameter: About 6.8 cm by 6.8 cm. Depth             (length): About 6.5 cm. Throat diameter: About 1.4 cm. Tube             length: About 4.4 cm. Tube diameter: Proximally, about 4 5             mm; distally, about 1.6 cm.         -   Corolla.—Quantity and arrangement: Five petals arranged in a             single whorl; lower 57% portion of the petals are fused into             a funnelform tube. Petal length: About 7.7 cm. Petal width:             About 2.5 cm. Petal shape and appearance: Roughly unequal             spatulate; slightly convex. Petal apex: Apiculate, unequal.             Petal margin: Entire; slightly and coarsely undulate. Petal             texture and luster, upper surface: Smooth, glabrous;             velvety; slightly glossy. Petal texture and luster, lower             surface: Smooth, glabrous; slightly velvety; moderately             glossy. Throat texture: Smooth, glabrous; velvety. Tube             texture: Smooth, glabrous; slightly velvety. Color: Petal,             when opening, upper surface: Close to N45A. Petal, when             opening, lower surface: Close to 46A; towards the apex,             tinged with close to 56D. Petal, fully opened, upper             surface: Close to N45A; towards the apex, tinged with close             to 46A; venation, similar to lamina color; color does not             change with subsequent development. Petal, fully opened,             lower surface: Close to 53B; towards the apex, flushed with             close to N155B; midvein, close to 47B; color does not change             with subsequent development. Throat: Close to 24A; at the             base of the throat, close to 151C to 151D; venation, similar             to lamina colors. Tube: Distally, close to 53B and             proximally, close a blend of 145C and 150D; at the base,             close to 144C; venation, similar to lamina colors.         -   Sepals.—Quantity and arrangement: Five sepals arranged in a             single whorl. Length: About 7 mm. Width: About 1.5 mm.             Shape: Lanceolate. Apex: Narrowly acuminate. Base: Broadly             cuneate and fused. Margin: Entire. Texture and luster, upper             surface: Smooth, glabrous; moderately glossy. Texture and             luster, lower surface: Smooth, glabrous; matte. Color: When             developing, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 145D; towards             the base, close to 144B; towards the apex, close to 184C.             Fully developed, upper and lower surfaces: Close to 145D;             towards the base, close to 144B; towards the apex, slightly             tinged with close to 184B.         -   Peduncles.—Length: About 7.2 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm.             Strength: Strong. Aspect: About 30° from lateral branch             axis. Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; moderately             glossy. Color: Close to 143A.         -   Pedicels.—Length: About 1.6 cm. Diameter: About 2 mm.             Strength: Strong. Aspect: About 20° to 60° from peduncle             axis. Texture and luster: Smooth, glabrous; moderately             glossy. Color: Close to 144B.         -   Reproductive organs.—Stamens: Quantity and arrangement:             Typically five; basifixed; anthers connivent. Filament             length: About 2 mm. Filament color: Close to 151D. Anther             shape: Narrowly oblong. Anther size: About 1.75 mm by 9 mm.             Anther color: Close to 160C. Pollen amount: None observed.             Pistils: Quantity: Typically one. Pistil length: About             2.3 cm. Style length: About 2.1 cm. Style color: Close to             150D. Stigma diameter: About 1.75 mm. Stigma shape:             Club-shaped, pointed. Stigma color: Close to 148C. Ovary             color: Close to 144A.         -   Seeds and fruits.—To date, seed and fruit production have             not been observed on plants of the new Mandevilla. -   Pathogen & pest resistance: To date, plants of the new Mandevilla     have not been noted to be resistant to pathogens and pests common to     Mandevilla plants. -   Temperature tolerance: Plants of the new Mandevilla have been     observed to tolerate temperatures ranging from about 5° C. to about     40° C. and to be suitable for USDA Hardiness Zones 9 to 13. 

It is claimed:
 1. A new and distinct Mandevilla plant named ‘LVDIP1816’ as illustrated and described. 